happy event

Chapter 77 Shengshou, Longyan Joy

The officials were all neatly dressed, and they stood in line at the end of Suzaku Avenue with their first wife and first son, waiting for the imperial guards to check carefully before entering the palace on foot.

Of course, people with a high enough status don't have to be so troublesome, such as the emperor's only brother, King Zhongshan.Originally, the palace was next to the palace, but just after noon, King Zhongshan brought side concubine Liu directly into the palace.The Empress Dowager is not the biological mother of the Emperor and the King of Zhongshan. She has eaten fast and recited Buddhism for many years, and has never interfered with the government and the harem, so she has won the respect of the Emperor. An example of filial piety.

The so-called husband sings and wife follows, the queen naturally did not dare to neglect the old queen mother, and when she saw side concubine Liu enter the palace, she took her to pay her respects to the queen mother.As for those Hu Meizi who are favored by the emperor, they are absolutely not qualified to serve the queen mother.The Empress Dowager also knew about the situation in the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion, so she politely asked a few words about the condition of the Princess and the Crown Prince, and then stopped talking.

Concubine Liu was knowledgeable and interesting, and signaled to the old mother beside her to pick up some interesting stories about the market outside the palace, which provoked the old and young women who had been locked up in the palace all year round to ask endlessly.Before you know it, the banquet is already ready.

The Empress Dowager took Concubine Liu's hand with unsatisfactory intentions, and smiled and asked her to come and walk around the palace more often in the future, the Empress also agreed with a smile.Everyone talked and laughed like this, and went to Qianyuan Hall together.

In the main hall, many officials and relatives gathered together, so they couldn't help but greet each other politely. As soon as it quieted down, the emperor and the prince joined the empress dowager and others, Shi Shiran walked in.

This human emperor who is over half a century old has been immersed in wine for many years, his face is pale and swollen, with many wrinkles, and he is three points older than ordinary sixty-year-old men.He stood behind the tall dragon carving table, looked down at his subjects, and heard the cheers like landslides and tsunami inside and outside the palace. He was extremely proud, but he responded with a very flat face, "Sit down."

In just three words, the majesty and arrogance of the emperor are vividly expressed.Everyone congratulated again in unison, and then got up and returned to their seats.The maids wriggled their slender waists, and presented delicacies, wine and delicacies like flowing water.Thick candles raised high on the four walls of the main hall reflected on the gold and silver vessels, shining with dazzling brilliance.The musician played a melodious tune, and the dancers shuttled through the hall with their long water sleeves, and the emperor of the fairy family could only enjoy himself.

Seeing that the emperor was in great spirits, the ministers fell to their knees one after another. You wrote a birthday greeting and I wrote a birthday poem, which made the emperor smile even more.

The imperial relatives are also not to be outdone, you are a piece of top-quality jade, I am a deep-sea coral, the eunuch in charge of the warehouse is so busy that he walks back and forth like the wind.

There has never been a shortage of lonely people in the world who claim that "everyone is drunk but I am alone". When the emperor and his courtiers were having fun together, an old official in a blue robe ran out from the corner of the hall.Seeing him plopping down on his knees, he shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, I beg your majesty to withdraw from the singing and dancing banquet, bathe and change clothes, sincerely kneel and beg the heaven, burn the edict of sin, and pray for the mercy of the heaven. Your majesty, there are countless refugees outside the city. Starvation is about to fill the fields, I beg Your Majesty to reduce the expenses in the palace and mobilize food reserves to save the lives of the people of Daqi! Your Majesty, there are wolves around Daqi outside, and there are courtiers inside Daqi. If things go on like this, the country will not be a country..."

"Presumptuous!" Seeing that the emperor's face was livid with anger, King Zhongshan immediately got up and loudly scolded the old minister who had committed suicide, "How can you tell me what to do at your majesty's birthday banquet today? Come on, why don't you drag him down and pour a bucket of water to wake him up?" Wake up!"

"Yes, yes..." The eunuchs, who were so frightened, ran forward from the corner of the hall, and hurriedly yanked the old minister and walked out of the hall.

The old minister didn't know if he was really not afraid of death, or if there was someone behind him, and he continued to shout while dragging on the ground, "Your Majesty, the four states have suffered a severe drought due to the sin of God..."

The emperor felt that he had been poked against Ni Lin, and couldn't bear it any longer in anger. He overturned the table in front of him. "presumptuous!"

Everyone in the main hall lay on the ground tremblingly, scolding those old ministers who claimed to be clean in their hearts.Even if you want to speak up, don't choose it on such a festive day. The so-called hitting someone doesn't hit your face, how can you be so merciless when you make a move.

"Every man Zhou Tongyi disturbed Shengshou, uttered evil words, fighting forty, nine clans..." The emperor let out a bad breath stuck in his throat, and finally calmed down under the pats of the queen and others, and he opened his mouth to punish the culprit.King Zhongshan heard half of it, and was so anxious that he almost fell down.

Daqi has been plagued by natural disasters for many years, and the emperor likes to enjoy life and ignores the government. The Murong family's country is in danger.If Zhou Tongyi took the risk of offending all the clean people in the world today, then in the future the whole world would spread the rumor that the Murong royal family would not listen to harsh advice, which is really unbearable.But Zhou Tongyi will get the sympathy and admiration of everyone, and even go down in history forever.

"The emperor calm down!" Thinking of this, King Zhongshan bit the bullet and interrupted the emperor's words.

The emperor was furious, but when he turned his head and saw that he was his only brother, he could only suppress his anger and ask in a cold voice, "What do you mean, Brother Wang?"

The king of Zhongshan tried his best to relax and laughed a few times, and then said, "Your Majesty, Zhou Tongyi is just a sour scholar who is stupid in reading and reading. Will there be a severe drought in the four states? I feel that the heart of heaven is the most merciful, and will protect Da Qi forever. The birthday gift I want to offer today is the best proof!"

"Oh, a birthday gift?" A look of curiosity flashed across the emperor's face, and the empress dowager and others quickly took the opportunity to persuade him, "Your majesty, it's rare that brother Wang found a birthday gift for you, why don't you sit down and drink a glass of fine wine and stay calm?" It's not too late to punish Zhou Tongyi after rewarding the birthday gift."

The queen was even more straightforward, and directly brought the palace eunuchs to help up the found cases, quickly removed the dishes and served a new table, and then respectfully invited the emperor to sit down.

Seeing this, King Zhongshan hurriedly signaled Liu Fu, who was waiting behind him, to come forward and offer a gift. Liu Fu had just been promoted to the chief steward of the palace and had never been in a palace before. Today, he suddenly had to offer a birthday gift in front of many important officials of the emperor, and he was inevitably extremely nervous.He carefully held the square box carved from rosewood in his hand, and walked towards the center of the hall step by step.Xu Shi was too focused on looking at the wooden box, lost his footing, staggered and fell to the ground.He was so shocked that he lost all his souls and spirits, and tried to get up quickly while protecting the wooden box in his hand, but he stepped on his robe again in a panic...

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw him wearing a dark red robe and rolling around on the carpet like a ball.Even the emperor raised his mouth, Zhongshan King quietly patted Concubine Liu's hand and praised in a low voice, "This Liu Fu has a wink and courage."

Concubine Liu blocked her mouth with a handkerchief, and responded with a smile, "The prince is absurd, he is just a coward."

"That's because you trained him well, and reward him with a hundred taels of silver when he returns home!"

"The concubine will thank the prince for Liu Fu's reward."

While the couple were talking, Liu Fu finally got up with a blushing face. He didn't get up at all, and just lay down on the ground, raised the box in his hand, and congratulated loudly, "My servant congratulates Your Majesty on your auspicious happiness." , live without bounds!"

"Auspicious?" The emperor glanced at the smiling King Zhongshan, thinking that the brother of the king made a fake object somewhere to make him happy, just like a few years ago, a courtier pasted gold foil on a pig to pretend to be a unicorn. .He was somewhat dispirited, but in the end he still didn't look good on Brother Buddha Wang, so he waved his hand and said, "Give it up."

A eunuch trotted over to put the wooden box on the table in front of the emperor, and the queen joked, "Your majesty, let the concubine open it with her own hands. Brother Wang has traveled all over the world, and it must be something that can be praised as auspicious by brother Wang." It won't be bad."

The old queen mother also echoed, "That's right, just now Ai's family asked about the congratulatory gift prepared by Concubine Liu's palace, but she still smiled and refused to say, which made Ai's family guess for a long time."

"Oh? Then I want to take a good look at what this auspicious appearance looks like. The queen will open it quickly." Hearing what everyone said, the emperor became interested and urged the queen to do it quickly.

The queen opened the red sandalwood box in front of her with a smile, and saw that the box was covered with bright yellow silk and satin. There were four grids in the middle, and a fruit was placed in each grid, and a large Chinese character was printed on each fruit brightly. , together in one place, it happens to be the four characters "Longevity without Borders"!
The three members of the royal family all stared wide-eyed and did not speak for a long time.The prince looked unwilling, and was holding a pot to pour wine for several senior ministers in accordance with the etiquette. Seeing the appearance of the father and the queen, he also came to watch, and said in surprise, "How can there be words on this fruit!"

The emperor subconsciously stretched out his hand to wipe the handwriting on the fruit, but no matter how hard he tried, the handwriting did not lose a single cent. It was obvious that the handwriting grew on the fruit and was not artificially smeared.

"Auspicious! This is a gift from God!"

The queen suppressed her excitement and turned the front of the box to all the courtiers, then knelt down first, and shouted loudly, "Congratulations to Your Majesty on your auspicious happiness, long life without bounds!"

Everyone was still curious about what was in the box, which surprised the emperor's family.When they finally saw it clearly, they knelt together, all trembling with excitement, and shouted after the queen, "Congratulations to Your Majesty on your auspicious happiness, long life without bounds!"

The emperor looked at the courtiers who were willing to kneel down, and the gloom in his heart was swept away. He laughed and said, "Everyone is flat, and the heavens have sent down such fairy fruits. It is really an auspicious sign. Our Daqi will surely have a peaceful country and a prosperous world."

"Your Majesty, the sky is full of blessings, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe!" Everyone bowed to pray again, and then got up and sat down.The emperor glanced at the red auspicious fruit in the box, his bluish-white face turned rosy, and secretly guessed, could it be that the heavens predicted that I would live for hundreds of years?
Among the important ministers, there were also those who were good at observing words and expressions, and had a sense of righteousness in their hearts. Seeing the emperor's expression, he felt that the time was ripe, so he got up and knelt down from his seat, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the heavens have sent down auspiciousness, and such happy events should be celebrated everywhere." Congratulations. Please pass on the decree, Your Majesty!"

The emperor pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "This matter should indeed be congratulated by the whole world. I will pass on my decree that the curfew in Kyoto will be lifted for three days, and the world will be amnesty! In addition, since the four southern states were hit by disasters, they will be exempted from taxes for two years, and the local government will be notified. Store food in the warehouse to help the refugees survive the winter safely!"

(End of this chapter)